Housing Crisis
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As US cities face a housing crisis, algorithms are deciding who can and cannot rent a home
Automated screening programmes scan credit scores, eviction or criminal histories and even social media activity to determine if an applicant is a risk.
Carey L Biron, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 25,000-crore fund for completing stalled housing projects
More than 1,600 housing projects are stuck at present, including about 4.58 lakh housing units, the Union finance minister told reporters.
Scroll Staff
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Communist Cuba has recognised private home ownership for first time since the revolution
With a public referendum still to come, what impact will such measures have for ordinary Cubans?
Regina Serpa, The Conversation & Isobel Anderson, The Conversation
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Facing eviction, residents of a Mumbai Partition-era colony fear they will become homeless again
Even as their homes crumble around them, many of the colony’s 1,008 Punjabi families are resisting the civic body’s evacuation order.
Aarefa Johari
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Why there are so many forced evictions in Nairobi, and how the city can fix it
Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.
Kefa Otiso, The Conversation
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Citizens have sued Washington over housing policies that have sidelined poor, minority communities
The lawsuit comes as Washington grapples with some of the highest rents in the country amid a national crisis in affordable housing.
Carey L Biron, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Housing paradox: Despite a severe shortage, 12% of houses in Indian cities are lying vacant
But there is no public policy intervention on this distortion in the functioning of land and housing markets.
Sahil Gandhi & Meenaz Munshi
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Mind the gap: Indian cities need 18 million houses – even as nine million houses lie vacant
Rent control laws, taxes and personal preferences are among the main reasons for this.
Swastik Harish
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The Development Plan for Mumbai seeks to create affordable homes – but the idea is on shaky ground
The civic body's blueprint for the city's growth leaves many questions unanswered.
Darryl D’Monte
The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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No Muslims, no single people: Anyone who rents in Mumbai has to follow an unspoken code of conduct
A UN study recently confirmed that Muslims find it more difficult than others to rent in Delhi-NCR, but that’s been the case in Mumbai for years now.
Taran N Khan
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Does Mumbai really need 11 lakh more houses?
The state’s plans to build more houses in the city is just a sophisticated land-grab scheme.
Hussain Indorewala